Horse Racing News

Zenyatta was entered in Saturday's $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Wednesday, the same morning she made her much-anticipated first appearance of the season on the Del Mar Polytrack surface.

Lookin At Lucky, who scored a powerful victory in the Haskell Invitational on Sunday, is still at Monmouth Park, recovering from a minor illness from which he is improving, trainer Bob Baffert said Wednesday morning at Saratoga.

He has won six of his last seven starts, including the Grade 1 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs. But just how good Blame is may not be known until Saturday, when he takes on Quality Road in the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga.

Mike Smith made a successful return to Saratoga and helped his old pal Bill Mott win the Grade 1 Diana for the fourth time in the last six years.

Unbridled Essence pulled off a 41-1 upset in the Grade 3, $200,000 Taylor Made Matchmaker Stakes for fillies and mares on the turf.

Get Serious held off Violon Sacre by a neck in the Grade 3, $200,000 Oceanport Stakes, the top event on the Haskell Day undercard Sunday at Monmouth Park.

Lookin At Lucky has blown away a star-studded field in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at New Jersey's Monmouth Park to establish himself as the leading 3-year old in the country.

The Grade 3, $200,000 Matchmaker for fillies and mares on the turf looks like one of the outstanding betting races on the Haskell Day card Sunday at Monmouth Park.

After his five-race winning streak was snapped at Woodbine five weeks ago, Get Stormy seeks to start a new run of success where the old one began when he starts as the probable favorite in Sunday's Grade 2 Fourstardave at Saratoga.

The future is always now for Cost of Freedom, the top sprinter in California and the horse to beat in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar.